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he will not meet with president obama while in the u.s. >>> meanwhile on the campaign trail, mitt romney and his team are fanning out across the country with a targeted focus on those battleground states and the key voting groups that could make or break the election. while surrogates like senator marco rubio and senator john mccain make appearances in ohio and new hampshire, romney is in los angeles speaking to the u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce. he's touting his plan for business owners and the middle class while a new ad ratchets up the pressure on a global competitor. >> my plan is to help the middle class. trade has to work for america. that means crack down on cheaters like china. it means open up new markets. next, we've got to balance the budget. you've got to cut the deficit. you've got to stop spending more money than we take in. and finally, champion small business. have tax policies, regulations and health care policies that help small business. we put those in place, we'll add 12 million new jobs in four years. >>> meanwhile, we're getting new information about what was s
he will not meet with president obama while in the u.s. >>> meanwhile on the campaign trail, mitt romney and his team are fanning out across the country with a targeted focus on those battleground states and the key voting groups that could make or break the election. while surrogates like senator marco rubio and senator john mccain make appearances in ohio and new hampshire, romney is in los angeles speaking to the u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce. he's touting his plan for business...
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president obama has scheduled a meeting in the oval office with vice president biden by his side. he's hosting all the major players. the chances of success, depends on who you talk to. >> getting more optimistic. sometimes it's darkest before the dawn. >> this afternoons meetings feels much like optics. >> there are some signs of possible flexibility, but first of all it would be helpful if the house of representatives actually came back. right now we're at a stalemate, because the democrats haven't been willing to consider the issue of spending. >> i want to bring in perry bacon and it edward keith. most of that was just from today. is this meeting to hash out details or perhaps to save face bhf we go over the cliff? >> i would argue today's meeting is they actually thing the outlines of a deal are possible. the president will push today for some agreement in which the middle-class tax cuts are extended for everyone, while the higher rates go up, we also put off the rest of the details for later. the president is pushing for something. that said the optics are important because
president obama has scheduled a meeting in the oval office with vice president biden by his side. he's hosting all the major players. the chances of success, depends on who you talk to. >> getting more optimistic. sometimes it's darkest before the dawn. >> this afternoons meetings feels much like optics. >> there are some signs of possible flexibility, but first of all it would be helpful if the house of representatives actually came back. right now we're at a stalemate,...
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this was a meeting, a conspiracy meeting held in private to destroy the obama presidency. now these people come out with crocodile tears about the failures where they are of this administration claiming, oh, they were in there rooting for them. >> i had no idea that mitt romney was so enthusiastic about the obama campaign. he actually had paragraph after paragraph in his speech about the hope and possibility there. and he -- >> he said he hoped he had succeeded as president. >> he was suggesting, kind of painting himself as one of these folks that just riarrived at th convention. i was with obama last time -- >> what are we to make of the claim offal truism here? here was a guy running for president the minute he lost last time. by the way, publicly hoping. raising money, doing the whole thing. >> something else. when barack obama decided he was going to go for it, a very tough moment, to save the domestic auto industry, what did the son of the former head of american motors write in the "new york times"? obama's wrong, let detroit go bankrupt. this was a guy who was using
this was a meeting, a conspiracy meeting held in private to destroy the obama presidency. now these people come out with crocodile tears about the failures where they are of this administration claiming, oh, they were in there rooting for them. >> i had no idea that mitt romney was so enthusiastic about the obama campaign. he actually had paragraph after paragraph in his speech about the hope and possibility there. and he -- >> he said he hoped he had succeeded as president....
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do you agree with the obama administration's decision to require every health care plan to cover the cost of birth control? go to facebook.com/newsnation. i'm tamron hall. martin bashir is up next. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, if your car is totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. liberty mutual auto insurance. ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] purina one beyond. food for your cat or dog. >>> good afternoon. it's tuesday, february 7th. here's what's happening. it was the best of times. >> thank you very, very much. you honor me and your honor our cause. >> it was the worst of times. >> a romney nomination would not be in the best interest of us winning the general election. >> how do you stop the
do you agree with the obama administration's decision to require every health care plan to cover the cost of birth control? go to facebook.com/newsnation. i'm tamron hall. martin bashir is up next. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, if your car is totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. liberty mutual auto insurance. ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] purina one beyond. food for your cat or dog. >>> good afternoon. it's...
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to undercut the obama administration the very night of obama's inauguration. how many times these past four years have we looked at the house of representatives and seen a caucus ready to reject all of the objectives. all of them. because his success, obama's, would have been good for the country. i like the sound of that but how did that square with romney's own personal decision to run against and plan to defeat long before the president, this president, even took the oath of office. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >>> thanks, chris. and thanks to you for tuning in. okay. we'll get to you, mr. eastwood. later in the show. yes, i know you have a lot of explaining to do. can i do my show? we're on the air now. did you have a good flight? we'll get to you. but let's start with tonight's lead. party's over. republicans had their week. now democrats are punching back. it began today with vice president biden speaking to workers in ohio where he took aim at the gop ticket including the false
to undercut the obama administration the very night of obama's inauguration. how many times these past four years have we looked at the house of representatives and seen a caucus ready to reject all of the objectives. all of them. because his success, obama's, would have been good for the country. i like the sound of that but how did that square with romney's own personal decision to run against and plan to defeat long before the president, this president, even took the oath of office. that's...
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president obama on a $26 billion settlement deal to help distressed homeowners and prevent further mortgage abuses. also we are following the first day of cpac, annual meeting of conservative leaders under way at the moment. let's talk about the housing deal first. we long talked on this show and in the media about accountability following the greatest economic crisis since the depression. i wonder to what degree you guys think this is sort of line in the sand as far as that is concerned? janel? >> i would say it seems to establish some standards for the companies and banks that are going to manage mortgages going forward and try to sort out the existing mess. it certainly does provide some relief to homeowners who are either under water, meaning they owe more on their homes than the value of the actual property. will probably reduce people's actual mortgage payments because they'll be eligible for interest rate reduction. >> $7 billion for homeowner relief $3 billion for refinancing, what this means if you have a home under water, the average -- you're under water by $50,000, this may prov
president obama on a $26 billion settlement deal to help distressed homeowners and prevent further mortgage abuses. also we are following the first day of cpac, annual meeting of conservative leaders under way at the moment. let's talk about the housing deal first. we long talked on this show and in the media about accountability following the greatest economic crisis since the depression. i wonder to what degree you guys think this is sort of line in the sand as far as that is concerned?...
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going to be offering anything new during this afternoon's meeting. he's essentially going to be saying what he said at the white house last friday when he called on congress to put forth a package that would extend bush era tax cuts for those making $250,000 or less, extend unemployment insurance benefits, as well as stave off some of those deep spending cuts that are set to go into effect. the president is going to make the argument that he believes this can pass through both houses, but, of course, there is a big question mark over that. i have been speaking with republican aides on the hill who say house republicans are really waiting to see what the senate does at this juncture before they weigh in on anything that the president might say during today's meeting. but, of course, we will have to wait and see what actually happens. we're hoping the congressional leaders will talk to us and we'll have more information about what happened. >> it seems the political dynamics essentially in this meeting are -- he's not putting anything new on the table.
going to be offering anything new during this afternoon's meeting. he's essentially going to be saying what he said at the white house last friday when he called on congress to put forth a package that would extend bush era tax cuts for those making $250,000 or less, extend unemployment insurance benefits, as well as stave off some of those deep spending cuts that are set to go into effect. the president is going to make the argument that he believes this can pass through both houses, but, of...
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so did president obama. neither one were able to achieve that. >> president obama had a policy of engagement with ahmadinejad. that policy has not worked and we are closer to a nuclear weapon as a result of that. ly have a very different approach with regards to iran. it is an approach which the president is finally getting closer to. it begins with crippling sanctions nap should have been put in place long ago. >> is the country safer or less safe because of president obama's leadership. >> in some ways safer. getting rid of osama bin laden, i think a success on the part of the president authorizing s.e.a.l. team 6, commanding s.e.a.l. team 6 to take him out. that was a great accomplishment. using the drones to strike at al qaeda targets. i think those are positive developments. iran, however, becoming nuclear, is a whole different development and a game changing threatening development, threatening not only to our ally israel but threatening to the united states of america and the president has not been su
so did president obama. neither one were able to achieve that. >> president obama had a policy of engagement with ahmadinejad. that policy has not worked and we are closer to a nuclear weapon as a result of that. ly have a very different approach with regards to iran. it is an approach which the president is finally getting closer to. it begins with crippling sanctions nap should have been put in place long ago. >> is the country safer or less safe because of president obama's...
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president obama will be re-elected if he convinces a majority of the voters he's got the stuff to finish the job and get this country up there on its feet again. will he get us back to the kind of economy, the kind of employment outlook we had before all that happened in the last administration? people want it back. if obama looks like he'll get it back for us, he'll get
president obama will be re-elected if he convinces a majority of the voters he's got the stuff to finish the job and get this country up there on its feet again. will he get us back to the kind of economy, the kind of employment outlook we had before all that happened in the last administration? people want it back. if obama looks like he'll get it back for us, he'll get
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from here president obama heads to colorado then he's going to step back from the campaign trail temporarily on monday to visit louisiana to meet with folks who were impacted by hurricane isaac to meet with officials there as well. now, of course, this comes on the heels of mitt romney visiting louisiana on friday. both campaigns were asked if it was a problem that romney went to the region before the president and both campaigns essentially said there was no problem in that. a republican governor bobby jindal is appreciative that both candidates, both men are taking the time to come and visit the region. mitt romney will be quite busy as well. he'll be stumping in ohio today, another big battleground state, one he needs to win in order to win the white house this year. this comes on the heels of the republican national convention. he is hoping to harness some of the momentum that he may have gotten from the republican national convention and of course that all-important speech that he gave on thursday. analysts are saying that the speech was really quite effective because it was one of the
from here president obama heads to colorado then he's going to step back from the campaign trail temporarily on monday to visit louisiana to meet with folks who were impacted by hurricane isaac to meet with officials there as well. now, of course, this comes on the heels of mitt romney visiting louisiana on friday. both campaigns were asked if it was a problem that romney went to the region before the president and both campaigns essentially said there was no problem in that. a republican...
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president obama will be re-elected if he convinces a majority of the voters he's got the stuff to finish the job and get this country up there on its feet again. will he get us back to the kind of economy, the kind of employment outlook we had before all that happened in the last administration? people want it back. if obama looks like he'll get it back for us, he'll get re-elected. if he looks like he can't, he won't and the country will put a reliever like romney in there. it's not about the challenger or the matchup. it's about the incumbent. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politics nation" with
president obama will be re-elected if he convinces a majority of the voters he's got the stuff to finish the job and get this country up there on its feet again. will he get us back to the kind of economy, the kind of employment outlook we had before all that happened in the last administration? people want it back. if obama looks like he'll get it back for us, he'll get re-elected. if he looks like he can't, he won't and the country will put a reliever like romney in there. it's not about the...
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will be meeting with some of his senior advisers later this afternoon. he will undoubtedly discuss the situation in syria during that meeting. the pressure's really mounting on the obama administration to intervene, especially from members of the opposition within syria who say we don't think we can do this without help from the international community. so certainly a serious situation that the white house is monitoring closely. thomas? >> and kristen, what about iran? what do we know there about the growing tensions and the situation itself? >> reporter: well, president obama has been insistent that he wants to handle the situation in iran diplomatically just as he wants to do with syria. just today the white house announcing a new executive order that would impose stiffer sanctions on iran's central bank and other banks. now, the president's saying those banks have been concealing some of their transactions. so president obama really trying to use diplomacy as a course, but at the same time, saying that no options are off the table in terms of dealing
will be meeting with some of his senior advisers later this afternoon. he will undoubtedly discuss the situation in syria during that meeting. the pressure's really mounting on the obama administration to intervene, especially from members of the opposition within syria who say we don't think we can do this without help from the international community. so certainly a serious situation that the white house is monitoring closely. thomas? >> and kristen, what about iran? what do we know...
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asking harry reid to ask and president obama to act. >> harry reid's his lifeline. let me ask you this. everybody watches politics. this isn't cnbc here, it's politics. let's get a couple things straight. you say right now that today it's a democratic advantage. obama looks like the guy is trying to get it done. republicans are the holdouts. >> it's not just me. look at the gallup reports. republicans have been going down. >> obama's 54%. right now it's a democratic advantage. >> democratic advantage right now. >> midnight monday still a democratic advantage? >> no. if you go over the cliff, everyone's in trouble. >> wednesday morning next week which is only a week away and we're into 2013 and no deal's been made, do you accept the fact that both guys are in trouble? >> i think it's a jump ball. i'm not sure what happens at that point. it depends on what the markets do. we'll say this. president obama doesn't have to worry as much as the members of congress do because he's not on the ballot again. >> but if there's a second recession, doesn't that kill his second te
asking harry reid to ask and president obama to act. >> harry reid's his lifeline. let me ask you this. everybody watches politics. this isn't cnbc here, it's politics. let's get a couple things straight. you say right now that today it's a democratic advantage. obama looks like the guy is trying to get it done. republicans are the holdouts. >> it's not just me. look at the gallup reports. republicans have been going down. >> obama's 54%. right now it's a democratic advantage....
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there he will meet with local officials, tour storm damage, and view response and recovery efforts. meanwhile, the army corps of engineers will investigate whether new orleans' upgrades caused flooding problems in surrounding communities. 120,000 customers in louisiana still without power. that's a week after isaac blew through that state. gabe gutierrez is in a location not very far from where the president will tour later in louisiana. gabe, a lot of damage still behind you. >> reporter: that's exactly right, tamron, we're here in laplace and president obama is scheduled to travel here in just a few hours, a trip the white house says was scheduled before mitt romney's trip to louisiana last friday. and behind me is what the president will see, people's lives in their front yards. residents here are still cleaning up the damage days after hurricane isaac blew through here, and this neighborhood in particular took about four feet of water in the streets, several inches in homes. it might not sound like a lot, but it's amazing what several inches of water in homes can do. the preside
there he will meet with local officials, tour storm damage, and view response and recovery efforts. meanwhile, the army corps of engineers will investigate whether new orleans' upgrades caused flooding problems in surrounding communities. 120,000 customers in louisiana still without power. that's a week after isaac blew through that state. gabe gutierrez is in a location not very far from where the president will tour later in louisiana. gabe, a lot of damage still behind you. >>...
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things are looking up for obama. [ ow ner ] i need to expand to meet the needs of my growing business. but how am i going to fund it? and i have to find a way to manage my cash flow better. [ female announcer ] our wells fargo bankers are here to listen, offer guidance and provide you with options tailored to your business. we've loaned more money to small businesses than any other bank for ten years running. so come talk to us to see how we can help. wells fargo. together we'll go far. >>> we're back. democrats are flying high after one of the greatest conventions i've seen. we're taking a close look at some of the best moments. there you are. you watched this convention. let's watch some of the best points together. president obama had the crowd going wild when he reminded america who does sit in the oval office. >> i recognize that times have changed since i first spoke to this convention. times have changed and so have i. i'm no longer just a candidate. i'm the president. >> that moment, surrounded by a lot of people including a lot of african-americans and there was so much pride
things are looking up for obama. [ ow ner ] i need to expand to meet the needs of my growing business. but how am i going to fund it? and i have to find a way to manage my cash flow better. [ female announcer ] our wells fargo bankers are here to listen, offer guidance and provide you with options tailored to your business. we've loaned more money to small businesses than any other bank for ten years running. so come talk to us to see how we can help. wells fargo. together we'll go far....
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." >>> president obama just met with congressional leaders of the two major parties. >> it's his first meeting with leading lawmakers. >> i'm not going to judge ideas on whether they are democrat or republican but on whether or not they work. >> doesn't mean there will be daily renditions of "kumbaya." but we can be realistic. >> immigration continues to go down these dual tracks. >> i don't think the republicans are going to the anything about immigration. i don't think they want to. >> you want a legacy, fight. >> the president has his own nuclear weapon. >> is there a way the president can do things with executive action? >> the big issues are as divided now maybe more so
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when president obama brought out the college age voter, the minority voters, never happened again. make sure the republican party has an advantage in this upcoming election by reducing early voting, putting roadblocks up for potential voter, latinos, african-americans to exercise their right to vote. >> let's bring in melissa harris-perry. what do you make of this ironic twist in the voter fraud story? >> i think there's a couple of important points here. one, the things that republicans have been doing in state legislatures across the country to so-call address voter fraud, things like ending early voting, limiting the hours of the polls and, of course, the i am poe significance of voter i.d., none of those measures would impact the kind of voter fraud that it looks like we're seeing currently in florida. so whether or not the gop was itself part of what this firm is doing, what we do know is that their so-called remedies, voter suppression efforts, do nothing to address this kind of fraud. and the other thing that i think is really important here is it reminds us how antiquated o
when president obama brought out the college age voter, the minority voters, never happened again. make sure the republican party has an advantage in this upcoming election by reducing early voting, putting roadblocks up for potential voter, latinos, african-americans to exercise their right to vote. >> let's bring in melissa harris-perry. what do you make of this ironic twist in the voter fraud story? >> i think there's a couple of important points here. one, the things that...
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. >> president obama on "meet the press" over the weekend. in the wake of the newtown, connecticut school shootings. the president insisted he wants new gun control legislation passed in the next year. he put vice president biden in charge of that task force to make recommendations to him. democratic congressman john yarmouth of kentucky joins us now and he sits on the budget oversight and government reform and ethics committees. good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> what is your thought on what the president said on "meet the press?" >> i think he is absolutely right. what sets this apart, however, is that we do have presidential leadership on this issue. that is something that hasn't been there during past attempts to do something to curb gun violence. i am thrilled about that. i agree with him totally. i've said many times the public has to keep the drum beat going because unless there is a perceived cost to many of the politicians up here not much is likely to happen. we have to make sure the public is engaged and continues to be en
. >> president obama on "meet the press" over the weekend. in the wake of the newtown, connecticut school shootings. the president insisted he wants new gun control legislation passed in the next year. he put vice president biden in charge of that task force to make recommendations to him. democratic congressman john yarmouth of kentucky joins us now and he sits on the budget oversight and government reform and ethics committees. good to see you. >> good to be with you....
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president obama is only in office for two more years. i think he would like to see a lot of progress on some of the issues that still remain between cuba and the united states. >> gene, something dick durbin said today, if we just open up this contact and this flow, especially if we open up the embargo. when you look back into the 1980s and '70s with these dictatorships around the world, the soviet union, china, you could start the clock from the day we started selling coca cola and levi's in moscow and beijing, you could start the clock on how long that dictatorship would remain with that kind of strength. we saw the soviet union collapse. we have seen china liberalized dramatically over the years, opening up to more and more capitalism all the time. >> and yet with all that experience, somehow we believe that the exact opposite policy was going to work in cuba. i didn't understand it then, i don't understand it now. so let the place with american tourists and american business people, dangerous american ideas, which americans are not Ã
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essentially the accusation that obama skips his intelligence briefings is completely unfounded. he gets his briefings by ipad or on paper whenever he's in the white house, he has meetings with his intelligence advisers. so this is just a remarkably misleading ad. also the 100 rounds of golf. dwight eisenhower played 800 rounds of golf when he was president. so you have to look at it in context. >> the golf context. we also have an ad from priorities usa, the super pac who is backing president obama. let's watch this one. >> mitt romney's budget plan will hurt the middle class. raising taxes on the average family by up to $2,000. while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand, we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class? >> a choice ad. >> yeah. the interesting thing about this, it's a relatively supportable claim they're making. it's based on research by the tax policy center that says that mitt romney -- suggested that he wants to cut taxes for people making over $250,000, the highest earners by up to $250,000. he's not s
essentially the accusation that obama skips his intelligence briefings is completely unfounded. he gets his briefings by ipad or on paper whenever he's in the white house, he has meetings with his intelligence advisers. so this is just a remarkably misleading ad. also the 100 rounds of golf. dwight eisenhower played 800 rounds of golf when he was president. so you have to look at it in context. >> the golf context. we also have an ad from priorities usa, the super pac who is backing...
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president obama trying to get a deal. how is the president supposed to get anything done on gun control or any changes at all with firearms when the republicans won't even meet him halfway on fiscal cliff negotiations? what is the climate in washington? let's turn to sam stein, "huffington post," karen finney, msnbc analyst and former communications director of the dnc. karen, you first. how is anything going to get done on gun legislation or any kind of changes at all with firearms when they can't even get together on the fiscal cliff? >> well, i think it's like the president said today. he needs help from the american people and from the outside. i think it's so important, the activism that we've seen, i mean just in the last few days over this sort of chained index on social security. i think it's for the american people to make it clear what is acceptable and what is not acceptable, and to raise the stakes for members of congress who fail to act. that is the only way we're going to get anything done. >> and if the rep
president obama trying to get a deal. how is the president supposed to get anything done on gun control or any changes at all with firearms when the republicans won't even meet him halfway on fiscal cliff negotiations? what is the climate in washington? let's turn to sam stein, "huffington post," karen finney, msnbc analyst and former communications director of the dnc. karen, you first. how is anything going to get done on gun legislation or any kind of changes at all with firearms...
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i was in that meeting when president obama spoke inside of our plant. there was never a promise made by then senator obama to keep our plant open. absolutely not. that was completely false. you know, again, i agree with ron. >> go ahead, ron. >> you know, i want to -- >> yeah, i didn't hear the question, ed. but i agree, we're -- congressman ryan really failed us when these employees needed it the most. and to pull a stunt that he did at the republican national convention and use this, the closing of this plant and disgrace the plight of these workers when even today, four years after the closing of the plant, we still have families that are separated. we have moms and dads that drive four, five states away to come home on the weekends to see their families. and to use that and to turn this plant closing into a political football is shameful, and he ought to be ashamed of himself. we all ought to be ashamed of him. >> all right, brad and ron, i have to ask you, all the people behind you there tonight, are they all obama supporters? do you think they are
i was in that meeting when president obama spoke inside of our plant. there was never a promise made by then senator obama to keep our plant open. absolutely not. that was completely false. you know, again, i agree with ron. >> go ahead, ron. >> you know, i want to -- >> yeah, i didn't hear the question, ed. but i agree, we're -- congressman ryan really failed us when these employees needed it the most. and to pull a stunt that he did at the republican national convention and...
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president obama will tour the area on monday. it is governor romney's first stop since asking americans to, quote, turn the page on president obama. >> if you felt that excitement when you voted for barack obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's president obama? you know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. >> and you can bet people are still reacting to that speech and it's coming in pretty fast. reuters writes, romney appeals to voters disillusioned with obama. and in "the washington post," mitt romney promised his friends praised and clint eastwood putz it would convention. that's what everyone seems to be talking about today. some have gone as far as to say the star's primetime interview with an empty chair overshadowed romney's big moment. >> i've got mr. obama sitting here. and he's -- i just was going to ask him a couple of questions. what do you mean, shut up? >> let me bring in our "news nation" political panel for this f
president obama will tour the area on monday. it is governor romney's first stop since asking americans to, quote, turn the page on president obama. >> if you felt that excitement when you voted for barack obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's president obama? you know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. >> and you can bet people are still reacting to that speech and it's coming...
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he'll meet students behind all kinds of experiments from curing cancer to collecting solar energy to reducing waste. they are using this as a chance to announce new training for math and science teachers. >>> obama 2012 merchandise causing a stir this morning. republicans say designer duds may violate campaign finance rules because they're selling for a fraction of the price their regular stuff would. well, the campaign insists the designers volunteered their times to design the scarves, bags and shirts so it doesn't break any rules. by now you've probably seen this controversial ad that's angering both democrats and republicans because of the racist undertone. >> your economy is very weak, ours gets very good. we take your jobs. thank you, debbie spend it now. >> the candidate running the ad, pete hoekstra, stands behind it. >> the only group of people this ad is anti is anti-debbie stabenow, the spending policies of the liberal left. there's nothing in here that has a racial tint at all. >> and we're just hearing former senator bob kerrey has decided not to run for u.s. senate in n
he'll meet students behind all kinds of experiments from curing cancer to collecting solar energy to reducing waste. they are using this as a chance to announce new training for math and science teachers. >>> obama 2012 merchandise causing a stir this morning. republicans say designer duds may violate campaign finance rules because they're selling for a fraction of the price their regular stuff would. well, the campaign insists the designers volunteered their times to design the...
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that close. [ ow ner ] i need to expand to meet the needs of my growing business. but how am i going to fund it? and i have to find a way to manage my cash flow better. [ female announcer ] our wells fargo bankers are here to listen, offer guidance and provide you with options tailored to your business. we've loaned more money to small businesses than any other bank for ten years running. so come talk to us to see how we can help. wells fargo. together we'll go far. >>> welcome back to "hardball." the floodgates have opened. criticism of the romney campaign by his fellow republicans is growing louder and fiercer since romney's caught-on-tape comments on that 47% came to light monday. here was republican strategist mark mckinnon this morning. >> what we're seeing is an increasing problem of him being able to connect with voters in a sense that he understands and shares their values and concerns. and that gap's widening. >> uber conservative charles krautheimer, who has defended romney in the past, ripped into his comments last night on fox. let's take a look. >> he
that close. [ ow ner ] i need to expand to meet the needs of my growing business. but how am i going to fund it? and i have to find a way to manage my cash flow better. [ female announcer ] our wells fargo bankers are here to listen, offer guidance and provide you with options tailored to your business. we've loaned more money to small businesses than any other bank for ten years running. so come talk to us to see how we can help. wells fargo. together we'll go far. >>> welcome back to...
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. >>> president obama, meanwhile, is on the road as well. he's marking the second anniversary of the end of combat operations in iraq, visiting fort bliss in el paso, texas. in a few minutes, the president will meet privately with service members and their families. cristen welker is traveling with the president and as peter was just saying, the president is canceling an ohio campaign trip monday to go to louisiana. >> that's absolutely and white house press secretary jay carney just made that announcement. he also made it clear that president obama had planned his trip to louisiana before they learned about mitt romney's trip there today. so that was the news that we just got from white house press secretary jay carney aboard air force one. as for this trip, this is a hugely symbolic trip. president obama visiting fort bliss, the place he made that announcement two years ago today that he was ending major combat operations in iraq. the white house is dubbing this as an official trip. but there is obviously the potential for the president to
. >>> president obama, meanwhile, is on the road as well. he's marking the second anniversary of the end of combat operations in iraq, visiting fort bliss in el paso, texas. in a few minutes, the president will meet privately with service members and their families. cristen welker is traveling with the president and as peter was just saying, the president is canceling an ohio campaign trip monday to go to louisiana. >> that's absolutely and white house press secretary jay carney...
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. >>> after winning the super bowl the giants will get to meet president obama at the white house. meanwhile, the patriots will get to meet newt gingrich at the waffle house, which is just as cool. ♪ oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. ♪ slowly turned to a scream ♪ there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ amen, omen >>> last night's super bowl was watched by a record 111.3 million viewers in the united states, which means there were another 200 million people in this country with something better to do. those 200 million people missed the most expensive permanent filmmaking ever done. the super bowl ads. >> all that matters now is what's ahead, how do we come from behind. how do we come together? how do we win? detroit's showing us it can be done, and what's true about them is true about all of us. this country can't be knocked out in one punch. we get right back up again, and when we do, the world's going to hear the roar of
. >>> after winning the super bowl the giants will get to meet president obama at the white house. meanwhile, the patriots will get to meet newt gingrich at the waffle house, which is just as cool. ♪ oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. ♪ slowly turned to a scream ♪ there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ amen, omen >>>...
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he's going to meet with the new leader there and extend his condolences. undoubtedly, what is happening in yemen will be a key part of those discussions. alex? >> president clearly on a very important trip right now. thank you very much kristen welker, from the white house. joining me now with more here in studio, retired army colonel jack jacobs. always glad to have you here. you heard the president there saying that the u.s. operations in yemen will not be affected by the toppling of this government. however, does that hold true -- or how can that hold true for operations on the ground? >> well i think kristen had a very interesting point there when she talked about information sharing. getting information about the enemies of the united states and enemies of our allies is very very important. without a close relationship with the yemeni government that's going to be much more difficult. but most of our operations are not on the ground. we attack high-value targets using drones. our overhead capabilities with satellites and aircraft our imagery capabilit
he's going to meet with the new leader there and extend his condolences. undoubtedly, what is happening in yemen will be a key part of those discussions. alex? >> president clearly on a very important trip right now. thank you very much kristen welker, from the white house. joining me now with more here in studio, retired army colonel jack jacobs. always glad to have you here. you heard the president there saying that the u.s. operations in yemen will not be affected by the toppling of...
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"meet the press" host david gregory pressed him. >> i say we're going to replace obama care. i'm replacing it with my own plan. even in massachusetts where i was governor, our plan there deals with pre-existing conditions and with young people. >> you'd keep that as part of the federal plan? >> i'm not getting rid of all of health care reform. of course, there are a number of things that i like in health care reform that i'm going to put in place. one is to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage. >> with me now for strategy talk, former governor howard dean, democrat from vermont. and a nationally syndicated talk show host and msnbc contributor. governor dean, i'm going to start with you. what does that sound like to you? can you get away with it politically? >> he's going to have some trouble from the right. this is actually a dangerous thing for mitt romney. i thought he did very well in that interview and he was very much in control. he can't stop himself from saying whatever he thinks is popular. this guy badly wants to be elected president. he
"meet the press" host david gregory pressed him. >> i say we're going to replace obama care. i'm replacing it with my own plan. even in massachusetts where i was governor, our plan there deals with pre-existing conditions and with young people. >> you'd keep that as part of the federal plan? >> i'm not getting rid of all of health care reform. of course, there are a number of things that i like in health care reform that i'm going to put in place. one is to make sure...
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the white house making the point that president obama had his plans in place before he knew about mitt romney's plans. but once he finishes in louisiana, he is right back on the campaign trail heading to ohio and virginia, as you pointed out, and then to charlotte for the dnc. alex? >> kristen, do we know about the state of the president's speech on thursday, if it's still a work in progress, what he may be doing or leaving to his speech writers? i always love hearing that behind-the-scenes stuff if you have any insights? >> reporter: absolutely. it is so fascinating. it is still a work in progress, according to my sources. white house press secretary jay carney telling us that president obama is engaged in the writing and the preparation of the speech. he is working with his speech writers on this behind the scenes while he's off the campaign trail. of course,s this is a hugely important speech in part because mitt romney, according to political analysts, really did largely what he needed to do, which was to show his more personal side, also quite effective making the case president o
the white house making the point that president obama had his plans in place before he knew about mitt romney's plans. but once he finishes in louisiana, he is right back on the campaign trail heading to ohio and virginia, as you pointed out, and then to charlotte for the dnc. alex? >> kristen, do we know about the state of the president's speech on thursday, if it's still a work in progress, what he may be doing or leaving to his speech writers? i always love hearing that...
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that was president obama meeting yesterday with china's vice president. the man in line to lead that country. obama and biden both said china needs to do better on human rights. joining us now from the "washington post" an adviser for the romney campaign bob kagan, author of "the world america made." welcome to the show. good to have you here -- >> you better advise them, buddy. >> they need you. >> and by the way, the -- dan senor sends his best. he calls you the neo con's neo con. i don't know if that's the case. i picked this up and read it, and what surprised me was you and dr. brzezinski both in his book and in yours looked at what the world would be like without the united states as the central power. and you all seem to both come to the same conclusion, actually. >> yeah, i think that's right. it's very clear. his book is terrific and he does look at this issue of can any other power or group of powers do what the united states does? and we both come to the conclusion that probably not. we shouldn't be sort of complacent about the prospect of ameri
that was president obama meeting yesterday with china's vice president. the man in line to lead that country. obama and biden both said china needs to do better on human rights. joining us now from the "washington post" an adviser for the romney campaign bob kagan, author of "the world america made." welcome to the show. good to have you here -- >> you better advise them, buddy. >> they need you. >> and by the way, the -- dan senor sends his best. he calls...
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so if you talk to surrogates of president obama, his advisers will tell you what he needs to do this week in his speeches to really count they're message. here is a little bit more of what rahm emanuel had to say on "meet the press." >> lay out an agenda and a clear vision of the next four years in which you have an economy built on the middle class. the middle class cannot afford like the last decade where they see their economic security and their economic position decline further. they have to participate in the economic growth. they have to be able to own a home, send their kids to college, save for their retirement, and not be one sickness away from bankruptcy. >> reporter: and of course rahm emanuel, the mayor of chicago, is one of president obama's former top advisers. he is now a surrogate, one of his most outspoken surrogates. advisers tell me that president obama is still working on his convention speech. it's still a work in progress, alex, and they tell me that in between all of these stops he is working with his writing team to put it together and tray to get that messag
so if you talk to surrogates of president obama, his advisers will tell you what he needs to do this week in his speeches to really count they're message. here is a little bit more of what rahm emanuel had to say on "meet the press." >> lay out an agenda and a clear vision of the next four years in which you have an economy built on the middle class. the middle class cannot afford like the last decade where they see their economic security and their economic position decline...
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>> that was "meet reacting to the obama administration decision to offer their employees birth control under the new health care law. in the "wall street journal," we'll get to the must reads now. peggy noonan writes this. it's a fight the president can't win. president obama just may have lost the election. the president signed off on a health and human services ruling that says that under obama care, catholic institutions including charities, hospitals, and schools will be required by law for the first time ever to provide and pay for insurance coverage that includes contraceptiv contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs, and sterilization procedures. if they do not, they will face fines in the millions of dollars. or they can always go out of business. in other words, the catholic church was told this week that its institutions can't be catholic anymore. mr. obama carried the catholic vote in 2008, they helped him win. they won't this year. and guess where a lot of catholics live, in the battleground states. there was nothing for the president to gain except perhaps the pleasure of ma
>> that was "meet reacting to the obama administration decision to offer their employees birth control under the new health care law. in the "wall street journal," we'll get to the must reads now. peggy noonan writes this. it's a fight the president can't win. president obama just may have lost the election. the president signed off on a health and human services ruling that says that under obama care, catholic institutions including charities, hospitals, and schools will...
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most recently in a chrysler ad which angered republicans which saw it as an endorsement of president obama. eastwood described himself as a libertarian and said the ad had nothing to do with party politics. >>> a new concept advertisement from google is creating a buzz, so let's take a look. ♪ ♪ >> meet me in front of strand books at 2:00. >> talk about a playground for the eyes, how close is it to becoming a reality? nick billiton is not only the technology blogger and reporter for "the new york times," he's author of a book "i live in the future and this is how it works." good day to you. this is a concept video. where did the idea for these google glasses come from and how accurate do you think the video portrayal of what might really exist in reality? >> there a few versions of these floating around in google's secret labs. it's part concept video, but part reality for futuristic googlers. where it came from is the idea that technology is taking over our lives a little bit too much. every time you get a text message you have to pull out your phone and look down at it. google is try
most recently in a chrysler ad which angered republicans which saw it as an endorsement of president obama. eastwood described himself as a libertarian and said the ad had nothing to do with party politics. >>> a new concept advertisement from google is creating a buzz, so let's take a look. ♪ ♪ >> meet me in front of strand books at 2:00. >> talk about a playground for the eyes, how close is it to becoming a reality? nick billiton is not only the technology blogger and...
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in this meeting he said i'm not sure i can do it. saying he has no plans which was a critique of many republicans, including governor romney and some people in the press the fact he said it in this meeting something that some conservatives are going to seize on to say see he wasn't running on anything. how could he go out and have a serious discussion with mitt romney when he was running a campaign to disqualify mitt romney and not on any kind of specific big things that he wants to be about. >> which is exactly what they told you john heileman back in may of 2011. we really don't have or '12. we don't have our own plan. we have to destroy mitt romney. >> it's one of the things that's -- you think about where he is now. any incumbent president with the poor economic record that the president has with where the country was, the right track, wrong track numbers you were going to run a campaign to disqualify. anybody would have done to it disqualify their opponent. the president wanted -- he thought this election could break the fever.
in this meeting he said i'm not sure i can do it. saying he has no plans which was a critique of many republicans, including governor romney and some people in the press the fact he said it in this meeting something that some conservatives are going to seize on to say see he wasn't running on anything. how could he go out and have a serious discussion with mitt romney when he was running a campaign to disqualify mitt romney and not on any kind of specific big things that he wants to be about....
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. >> and the other thing, joe, sheila at this meeting, they were interested in obama, because they said don't paint him as a left wing socialist, and people don't buy it, and it turns off the group of persuadables, but he is a guy who had a shot, but he was not up to it. he was not up to it. >> and joe, the final thoughts, and again, in massachusetts and mississippi, jobs or really job one among these other things that we are obsessing over or distractions? >> people who believe in obama have to believe that their taxes are too low, and the government is too small and that we can't do any better than we are doing right now, and i would say not as a talking point, but as a person, and when governor barbour ran in 2003, he said we can do better, and we did. >> thank you both for being on the show this morning. coming up, we have senior adviser to the campaign, david axelrod joining us. and keep it here, live from tampa. >>> tom brokaw and al hunt, thank you both so much for being here. there is the cover of tom brokaw's book "the time of our lives." and look at that one, al. wouldn't rona
. >> and the other thing, joe, sheila at this meeting, they were interested in obama, because they said don't paint him as a left wing socialist, and people don't buy it, and it turns off the group of persuadables, but he is a guy who had a shot, but he was not up to it. he was not up to it. >> and joe, the final thoughts, and again, in massachusetts and mississippi, jobs or really job one among these other things that we are obsessing over or distractions? >> people who...
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thought of that as a republicanmanifesto. >> i had a town hall meeting and got back to the hotel and saw part of the president's speech and governor hailey's speech. i thought she was remarkable actually. it's always a difficult thing to be the republican speaker after president obama but she did an extraordinary job and she talked about a more broader hopeful optimistic republican message. a conservative message that draws people towards our country for the cause. i thought she did a great job. >> all right. governor jeb bush, thank you so much for being on the show. come back any time. >> you bet. >> all right. take care. new polling shows hillary clinton slipping in iowa. can chelsey clinton and bill clinton help stave off bernie sanders? chris christie and rand paul all joining us live. this friday we're going to des moin moines. we're going to iowa. the order is in. it's going to be chilly as you can see. we're going to be live at java joes in des moines. donald trump will be among us. can you see this? it's an image i want to see in real life. you're watching morning joe. we'll
thought of that as a republicanmanifesto. >> i had a town hall meeting and got back to the hotel and saw part of the president's speech and governor hailey's speech. i thought she was remarkable actually. it's always a difficult thing to be the republican speaker after president obama but she did an extraordinary job and she talked about a more broader hopeful optimistic republican message. a conservative message that draws people towards our country for the cause. i thought she did a...
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-- represents the future that this country deserves. >> david, which west side starbucks do you meet at? >> we don't have an editorial board. we don't do this like a newspaper. we're not separate. and there's basically a sense of the room, which was pretty clear -- >> yeah. >> -- and then somebody goes off and writes this with the help of everybody else. that's how it works. it's not as formal as a newspaper. >> so let me ask you, who got paid the bonus for being able to squeeze in, quote, the shame of the bush years? >> do you take that personally, joe? >> i don't take it personally no more personally when i walked up and down the upper west side and these stands of people dressed like george bush in nazi year. i was very critical of george w. bush. what was the shame? let's talk about the shame of the bush years and then talk about the shame of the obama years. go ahead. >> you really want to do this? here we go. >> i'd love to. you guys are the ones that are still, four years later, trying to justify the re-election of a president by going back four years after vilifying george w.
-- represents the future that this country deserves. >> david, which west side starbucks do you meet at? >> we don't have an editorial board. we don't do this like a newspaper. we're not separate. and there's basically a sense of the room, which was pretty clear -- >> yeah. >> -- and then somebody goes off and writes this with the help of everybody else. that's how it works. it's not as formal as a newspaper. >> so let me ask you, who got paid the bonus for being...
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>> reporter: her low key strategy now meeting small groups of voters trying to recapture barack obama's winning coalition. women, latinos, african-americans and millennial millennials with a populist message. clinton is now echoing critics on her left like elizabeth warren. >> what about people who prefer elizabeth warren people not the running but who have more progressive views on economic issues? >> elizabeth warren would be my choice. however, i think the messages we're getting is she's not going to run this time. >> reporter: and clen ton is counting heavily on her appeal to women. did you support her last time is this. >> yes, i did. and would to so again. >> reporter: but in monticello iowa her first stop today, even some supporters want to be won over. >> she'll have a challenge on her hands in-. >> reporter: and for all of the talk about a low key listening tour the top campaign officials while clinton was driving out here yesterday, top campaign officials were burning up the phones to their big donors. they are trying to raise more than $1 billion for this campaign and they're
>> reporter: her low key strategy now meeting small groups of voters trying to recapture barack obama's winning coalition. women, latinos, african-americans and millennial millennials with a populist message. clinton is now echoing critics on her left like elizabeth warren. >> what about people who prefer elizabeth warren people not the running but who have more progressive views on economic issues? >> elizabeth warren would be my choice. however, i think the messages we're...
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and to do it in a closed meeting with rich supporters -- >> ouch. >> barack obama is still paying the political price for that closed-door meeting four years ago when he talked about what working class folks clinging to their guns and religion. and it's true, i on this very program referenced mitt romney as thurston howell iii, which is now the david brooks column. that's exactly -- you cannot imagine a more destructive message at this point. >> so, eugene robinson, can you take this a step further? the reason why i'm worried this will last is because it does fit into an overall -- i hate to use the word, narrative, that just won't go away. >> well, it does. it actually fits in to several overlapping narratives about mitt romney, none of them flattering, frankly. it fits into all of them about romney. i'll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and take care of their lives. so he's saying that these people don't take responsibility for their lives, they're a bunch of slackers and lay abouts who are just sitting around waiting for -- it's an astonishing way t
and to do it in a closed meeting with rich supporters -- >> ouch. >> barack obama is still paying the political price for that closed-door meeting four years ago when he talked about what working class folks clinging to their guns and religion. and it's true, i on this very program referenced mitt romney as thurston howell iii, which is now the david brooks column. that's exactly -- you cannot imagine a more destructive message at this point. >> so, eugene robinson, can you...
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they're going to be giving lots of money to barack obama when the alternative is let's say mitt romney. >> but the way the checks get written in the main, is people like karl rove and bill burden go to meetings, one-on-one, often sometimes small groups with very rich people. they do a power-point presentation and they explain here's woo why we need your check. the republican road show has that down now and they've gotten a lot of big checks. it will be interesting, can democratic presentations, what is it about? is it about the president's record? is it about why mitt romney is scary. they need a presentation that gets those checkbooks open with lots of zeros written in. >> let me ask you this, i don't want to circle back to the catholic argument, i think we've done that enough for now. but i remember in the 1990s being surprised, bill clinton, who is the ultimate champion of triangulation, the ultimate moderate democrat, he constantly appealed to both sides, except when it came to abortion. and he, i remember the partial birth abortion veto. i remember a lot of other actions. where he
they're going to be giving lots of money to barack obama when the alternative is let's say mitt romney. >> but the way the checks get written in the main, is people like karl rove and bill burden go to meetings, one-on-one, often sometimes small groups with very rich people. they do a power-point presentation and they explain here's woo why we need your check. the republican road show has that down now and they've gotten a lot of big checks. it will be interesting, can democratic...